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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I 100% do not worry about stranger abductions. You said you know how very rare they are, so I assume you know the statistics.

There are no real "strangers" in our house. They certainly aren't a "danger". We make sure our kids know that ONLY mom and dad or grandparents, or someone they KNOW, would be picking them up. Plain and simple. We would never recruit a person they don't know, to pick them up. Ever. Under no circumstances. If someone says otherwise, run home to a neighbor for help, or run to someone in a store and ask for help. Run to a pedestrian and ask for help. But never will a person we don't know come for you. [/quote]

About 1-2x /year on our Bethesda neighborhood listserve, we have a report of a stranger trying to convince a kid to get in a car. I don't think it's rare. There was a thread a while back on which many adult DCUM users recalled encountering a predator that was a stranger. [/quote]

FFS.  Look at the actual statistics.  It's exceptionally rare and always has been.  The rates have remained steady for decades if not centuries.  Your child is MUCH more likely to get hit by a car, than encounter a nefarious stranger.[/quote]

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